romance
a relationship between two lovers
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,841 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,823 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a relationship between two lovers also: love affair
- an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) also: romanticism
- the group of languages derived from Latin also: Romance language, Latinian language
- a story dealing with love also: love story
- a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
verb
- make amorous advances towards also: woo, court, solicit John is courting Mary
- have a love affair with
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions also: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette The guys always try to chat up the new secretariesMy husband never flirts with other women
romance in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The agent of Romance and Adventure handed his card, laughing.
The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1
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Ah, it was like a novel, sir--it was like a romance.
Sketches New and Old, Part 7. · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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But Leah's view of life and marriage was tinged with no glory of romance.
Little Citizens: The Humours of School Life · Myra Kelly · Chapter 1
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It is a romance of surpassing interest, the subject being treated with all the convincing power of a master-hand.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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It is a silly habit, I dare say, but somehow it seems to bring a great deal of romance into one’s life.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1